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Continue reading →: Understanding Early Cognitive Development in InfantsFrom the day we are born, we are already able to form abstract, sophisticated representations. Although it sounds far-fetched, babies have notions of mathematics, language, morality, and even scientific and social reasoning. This creates a repertoire of innate intuitions that structure what they will learn – what we all learned…
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Continue reading →: Understanding Cerebrospinal Fluid and Its Role in MeningitisCerebrospinal fluid is a clear, watery substance that runs along the surface of the spinal cord and coats the brain, cushioning it from impact. Any diminishment in clarity of Cerebrospinal fluid means an infection or hemorrhage has occurred. Such an infection is called mengeinaintes : Swelling of meningitis lining that…
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Continue reading →: The Importance of Idleness for Brain HealthBeing idle is one of the most important activities in life. While our minds are exquisitely evolved for intense action, in order to function normally our brains also need to be idle–a lot of the time, it turns out. Interestingly, our brain has an autopilot. When we enter a resting…
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Continue reading →: The Power of Social Influence: Manipulation, Persuasion, and Psychological TacticsOur social lives are, as human beings, among the most important things for us. In fact, alongside water, food, shelter, our need to belong, and socializing is considered one of our needs. We know that the bystander effect is basically a field of psychology that gets its origins from a…
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Continue reading →: The Two Systems of Thinking: Intuition and Effortful Decision-MakingWhen confronted with a problem–choosing a chess move or deciding whether to invest in a stock-the machinery of intuitive thought does the best it can. If the individual has relevant expertise, she will recognize the situation, and the intuitive solution that comes to her mind is likely to be correct.…
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Continue reading →: The Role of Genetics in Cognitive and Emotional Traits: Understanding Heritability and Human VariationThe fundamental governing principles of biology are found in our genes. Human genetics is the study of the biology of inheritance and variability in our human species, and, therefore, neuropsychological genetics is the study of human genetics as it applies to the cognitive and emotive functions of the brain. One…
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Continue reading →: The Power of Incentives and Information: Uncovering Hidden Truths in Human BehaviorA real-estate agent is a different breed of expert than a criminologist, but she is every bit the expert. That is, she knows her field far better than the layman on whose behalf she is acting. She is better informed about the house’s value, the state of the housing market,…
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Continue reading →: The Global Journey of Coffee: From Arab Beginnings to American Coffee CultureArabs began to brew coffee six hundred years ago, and the first European coffee shop opened its doors in Oxford, England, in 1652 when Isaac Newton was ten years old. The cause of the Enlightenment may have been the Copernican revolution and the Protestant Reformation, but coffee was its daily…
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Continue reading →: Karma: The Self-Made Path to Suffering and FreedomKarma is one of the only few concepts in the world that addresses human perplexity in the face of suffering. It is the only logic that explains the seeming arbitrariness of the world we live in. Karma has nothing to do with reward and punishment. Karma is about becoming the…
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Continue reading →: The Illusion of Free Will: Examining Autonomy, Responsibility, and Human AgencyThe question of free will touches nearly everything we care about. Morality, law, politics, religion, public policy, intimate relationships, feelings of guilt and personal accomplishment- -most of what is distinctly human about our lives seems to depend upon our viewing one another as autonomous persons, capable of free choice. If…
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